And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
As one breaketh a potter's vessel - expressing God's absolute sovereignty (Jeremiah 18:6; Psalms 2:9; Isaiah 30:14," He shall break it (the Jewish state) as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces." Margin, 'the bottle of potters,' Lamentations 4:2; Romans 9:20-21).
Cannot be made whole again - a broken potter's vessel cannot be restored, but a new one may be made of the same material. So God raised a new Jewish seed, not identical with the destroyed rebels, but by substituting another generation in their stead (Grotius).
No place to bury - (Jeremiah 7:32).